MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.29,-86.40 Latitude: 34.29 Longitude: -86.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 78 SFC 984 218 20.8 16.7 77 4.1 18.1 174 12 295.3 297.5 291.9 330.5 12.25 2 950 520 18.7 15.9 84 2.8 16.8 180 26 296.1 298.3 291.9 330.8 12.04 3 900 982 16.2 12.7 80 3.5 14.0 192 44 298.2 300.1 291.2 328.2 10.31 4 850 1467 13.4 13.3 100 0.1 13.4 210 46 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.6 11.39 5 800 1976 11.4 11.3 100 0.1 11.4 219 40 303.3 305.3 293.0 334.8 10.60 6 750 2514 8.5 5.0 79 3.5 6.5 221 35 305.9 307.2 291.2 328.0 7.32 7 700 3082 6.1 1.8 74 4.3 3.8 220 34 309.2 310.4 291.3 328.5 6.23 8 650 3687 3.2 -1.6 70 4.8 0.7 218 40 312.6 313.6 291.5 329.1 5.23 9 600 4332 -0.7 -6.8 63 6.1 -3.5 210 47 315.3 316.1 291.0 327.6 3.83 10 550 5021 -5.5 -7.1 88 1.6 -6.2 209 54 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.9 4.10 11 500 5762 -10.9 -12.2 90 1.4 -11.4 214 59 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.7 2.99 12 450 6567 -13.7 -15.1 89 1.4 -14.2 219 61 326.0 326.5 293.0 334.9 2.62 13 400 7454 -19.2 -20.9 86 1.8 -19.7 231 57 330.1 330.4 293.4 336.4 1.80 14 350 8434 -26.0 -28.4 80 2.4 -26.5 239 61 333.7 333.9 293.7 337.5 1.05 15 300 9531 -34.5 -37.3 76 2.8 -34.8 235 56 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.7 0.52 16 250 10778 -44.9 -48.2 70 3.2 -45.2 235 61 339.2 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.19 17 200 12230 -54.3 -60.6 46 6.3 -54.5 238 81 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14052 -60.8 -80.8 6 20.0 -61.0 245 49 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16504 -69.7 -86.0 8 16.3 -69.8 248 30 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.17 m Freezing level: 608.73 mb = 4219.26 m = 13842.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.43 mb = 3793.52 m = 12445.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.54 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.28 mb = 736.19 m = 2415.28 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 6.79 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1501.42 m = 4925.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 33.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5290.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.90 mb = 1077.99 m = 3536.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.2 at 43.6 knts Storm direction: 241.2 at 32.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.1 neg: -17.3 tot: 348.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 90.93 m/s